I do use Joplin a lot in my day to day basis on my cellphone and android tablet, thank you the community for providing this awesome application suite I have been using for years.
Especially on the tablet, I usually have it on the top of a table while I am working on something else, and I consult Joplin from time to time, but in other to prevent the screen from looking I have to use an external app.
I thought it would be a cool request for more users. Have a simple button that would prevent the screen from sleep. It would very nice for me.
interseting question! I never saw an app with a button for such a feature, so I wonder why you would not use the system settings of your tablet to prevent it going to sleep?
I remember wanting Evernote to have this feature years ago so i could set my phone up and use it to keep a recipe displayed whilst cooking. Messing around with the system setting to do the same thing is a pain of you only want the feature for a short time every few days.
Like @Daeraxa statted its a few less steps, I think its such a simple feature that can save you some hassle.
Like on cases I am assembly a 3D printer or, doing some car project that you only go to Joplin for reference its such a time saver, plus having a button makes it easier not to forget to turn it off.
I was told that perhaps I shall share that the Behringer X Air Q android app has a "Keep Screen On" feature (screenshot attached). I use the feature often and it works perfectly. Just pointing this out in case it can be useful to implement this feature in future updates.
I would also need this. The cooking scenario is also typical here. Are when I am soldering something and have the schematic open and the pin out of the components. I also have a note open to drive meetings and keep it on an agenda, have the key questions handy... I have been doing this with Evernote for years and now that I am transitioning to Joplin I really misses this. In Evernote what was nice is that the screen would be turned on only if you had the note opened (i.e. in focus in full page and/or in edit mode).
I'm not sure if I'd use this feature or not but I could certainly see it being useful.
In the meantime I remember using a Widget/App in the past that added a system wide toggle on my home screen. I don't remember the name of the app off hand or wether I found it on the Google or F-Droid App Store. I seem to recall it having a visual indication that it was on so you'd just need to keep the widget in a good place on the home screen. I know it's not a perfect solution but that's what I used in the past.
I looked for the app but couldn't find it, it may not be available for newer systems. I did find a similar App called "Keep Screen On" on the F-Droid store that adds a Quick Settings Tile.
